ICC Test Ratings.

[Pies4shaw]

1. He averaged 20. He batted twice for 40 runs.

2. He came in in each innings when Australia had over 350 runs on the board (2/351 and 2/369).

3. Australia made 580 and 3/569 in its only two innings in that series, so - as to the competency of Pakistan's bowling, I rest my case.

4. It is just a little self-serving to look at Smith's cameos against Pakistan. He had just come off a double-century, two centuries etc against England, in England. At least one competent writer took the view that it was the greatest series performance of all time, adjusted for the opposition, pitch conditions etc: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/why-steven-smith-s-2019-ashes-batting-performance-is-the-greatest-of-all-time-in-a-series-1234824

Thus:

[Pies4shaw]

I heard Sunny Gavaskar describe Bradsmith as the “best batsman” in the contemporary game” this morning. The Little Master probably mis-spoke?

[Donny]

Batsmen.

1. Kane Williamson 919
2 Steve Smith 891
3 Marnus Labuschagne 878
4 Virat Kohli 862
5 Joe Root 783
6 Babar Azam 781
7 Cheteshwar Pujara 760
8 Ben Stokes 752
9 Ajinkya Rahane 748
10 Henry Nicholls 747

11 David Warner 724

[Donny]

Bowlers.


1 Pat Cummins 908
2 Stuart Broad 847
3 Neil Wagner 825
4 Josh Hazlewood 816
5 Tim Southee 811
6 Kagiso Rabada 786
7 James Anderson 773
8 Ravi Ashwin 760
9 Jasprit Bumrah 757
10 Jason Holder 753

[Donny]

Not sure if these are up-to-date.

Batsmen.

1 K. Williamson 919
2 Steve Smith 891
3 Joe Root 883
4 M. Labuschagne 878
5 Virat Kohli 852
6 Babar Azam 760
7 C. Pujara 754
8 Henry Nicholls 747
9 Ben Stokes 746
10 David Warner 724

26 Travis Head 618
= 42 Tim Paine 555
60 Matt Wade 501

[Donny]

Test All-Rounders.

1 Ben Stokes 428
2 Jason Holder 414
3 Ravindra Jadeja 410
4 Shakib Al Hasan 359
5 Kyle Jamieson 293
6 Ravi Ashwin 282
7 Mitchell Starc 275
8 Colin de G'homme 258
9 Chris Woakes 253
10 Pat Cummins 249

Will be interesting to see Ashwin's rating, after his century and 5fa, against the Poms. He has 1 wicket in England's second innings, with 7 more possibilities.

[Donny]

From the Ratings FAQs.

How do you rate all-rounders?

We have devised an all-rounder index that gives a good indication of who the best all-rounders in the world are in Test and One Day cricket. To obtain the index, simply take the player's batting and bowling points, multiply them together and divide by 1000. So a player with 800 batting and 0 bowling gets an index of zero (because he can't bowl and therefore isn't an all-rounder!), 600 batting/200 bowling gets a rating of 120, and 400 batting/400 bowling points gets a rating of 160. An index of 300 plus is world class. Incidentally, this index does omit one important all-rounder skill, namely fielding. There is no satisfactory way of rating fielding skills statistically at present.

[Donny]

[Donny]

Plus 2 more. 8 for the Test.

[Donny]

Mmm. Moved up just 1 place and gained 54 points.

1 Jason Holder 407
2 Ravindra Jadeja 403
3 Ben Stokes 397
4 Shakib Al Hasan 352
5 Ravi Ashwin 336
6 Kyle Jamieson 293
7 Mitchell Starc 275
8 Colin de G'homme 258
9 Pat Cummins 249
10 Chris Woakes 248

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[K]

[Donny]

I suggest you look at the pre-Test careers of McGrath, Warne and S Waugh.

Close to all 3 being included in an Aussie best ever Test team.

Some players find their true level, in Tests - as Smith has done.

[Donny]

After the India/England Test.

Root, Stokes, Kohli and Pujara all lost points.

1 Kane Williamson 919
2 Steve Smith 891
3 Marnus Labuschagne 878
4 Joe Root 869
5 Virat Kohli 838
6 Babar Azam 760
7 Henry Nicholls Z 747
8 Cheteshwar Pujara 727
9 David Warner 724
10 Ben Stokes 721

[Donny]

Bowlers.

Broad drops from second to 6th. Ashwin moves up 1 place.

1 Pat Cummins 908
2 Neil Wagner 825
3 James Anderson 818
4 Josh Hazlewood 816
5 Tim Southee 811
6 Stuart Broad 807
7 Ravi Ashwin 804
8 Jasprit Bumrah 761
9 Kagiso Rabada 753
10 Mitchell Starc 744